Chimney Rock National Monument

The Chimney Rock National Monument is a 4,726-acre US national monument in Archuleta County, Colorado. The Anasazi once inhabited the site, building a Great Kiva in 1084 with an adobe plaster exterior. The site was abandoned in 1125, with the Anasazi burning the buildings when they left. However, modern Puebloans saw the monument as a holy site and asked the Forest Service to refrain from further excavation out of respect.